Lodewijk Smets @Lodewijk_Smets
Senior Economist at The World Bank. Interested in development and (human) nature. Solomon Islands Joined March 2009-
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Can we try Duolingo Max? invite.duolingo.com/max-upgrade-to… CJ tgcccg
It’s high time economics puts demographics more into focus
It’s high time economics puts demographics more into focus
Very informative, crisp, and clear! @IndermitGill on the Looming Global Debt Disaster @ProSyn prosyn.org/yNK5YA0 @WorldBank #debt #Development
Morals matter: The influence of morality on economic behavior goes both ways: Economic conditions shape moral values, but those values shape economic outcomes. #Development @IMFNews imf.org/en/Publication…
The main effect of tariff insanity: Uncertainty poisoning supply networks, degrading a lot of relationships at once. That scar tissue will linger for a long time. 1/
Recently Yann Yann Calvó López and I wrote two posts on @Noahpinion where we detail how vulnerable modern supply networks are. A trade war triggered by Trump's chaotic tariffs is the same type of aggregate shock as the Covid crisis, but worse. 2/ noahpinion.blog/p/americas-sup…
RIP Boris Vasilievich Spassky One of the most talented players of his generation, the 10th World Champion Boris Spassky has passed away at the age of 88. Spassky was considered a chess prodigy. He attained the Grandmaster title at the age of 18 and made his debut in the…
Modern supply chains don't look like trade theory 101! They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs. Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships. 1/ graphic h/t @scottlincicome .
Democracy vs oligarchy, the fight of the century Trump's return to the White House must not lead to despair: democratic forces remain strong in the US as well as in Europe, India or Brasil. They will prevail! lemonde.fr/blog/piketty/2…
This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977. Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
At the current rate, it will take more than a century to #EndPoverty. After decades of progress, now is not the time to slow down our efforts to lift people up. As we're about to mark #EndPoverty Day, the world must prioritize this urgent mission.
I've just done the annual update of the curated posts on the Development Impact blog: 1) Technical topics and methods for experiments and non-experimental analysis, and how to publish 1/3 (blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…)
NAFI THIAM IS THE HEPTATHLON OLYMPIC CHAMPION AGAIN! 🇧🇪 Three. In. A. Row. 🥇 Rio 2016 🥇 Tokyo 2020 🥇 Paris 2024
INCREDIBLE VICTORY! 🤩 It’s #gold for Belgium! 🇧🇪 Congratulations to Remco Evenepoel who takes victory in the cycling men’s road race. 🚴♂️ He’s made Olympic history as the first male athlete to take gold in both the time trial and road race at the same Olympics. @teambelgium |…
A golden moment for Belgium! 🇧🇪 Congratulations to Remco Evenepoel, achieving first place in men's cycling road individual time trial! @teambelgium | @UCI_cycling | #Cyclingroad #Paris2024 | #Samsung | #TogetherforTomorrow
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Do we need to revisit the basic development compact? In this blog we argue that the principles in the Paris Declaration remain relevant as ever & budget support is the instrument of choice. But without good PFM, it is unlikely to deliver. What now? 1/n findevlab.org/news_and_event…
Thought-provoking piece by Angus Deaton, looking back at more 50 years in the economics profession. After reading, happy that I combined economics and philosophy studies :-) imf.org/en/Publication…
On @devpolicy I review Shahrokh Fardoust, Stefan G. Koeberle, Moritz Piatti-Fünfkirchen, Lodewijk Smets & Mark Sundberg's new book in praise of budget support as a form of aid. Are they convincing? Read: devpolicy.org/budget-support…
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